Category: Cyber Stalking

Everyone needs to be vigilant when it comes to cybersecurity these days. Not even our smart home appliances are safe. These Internet of Things (IoT) gadgets have such weak security that they create the potential for serious cyberattacks, such as Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attacks and remote overrides. DDoS…

The messages were relentless. A California woman couldn’t escape the barrage of malicious texts, phone calls, and social media posts originating from a mysterious individual with whom she had no previous connection. The harassment didn’t stop until the FBI intervened and uncovered a trail of threats and extortion that led…

Local authorities are being urged to beef up their financial security after international criminals attempted to defraud Meath County Council of €4.3m and have the money transferred to Hong Kong. An investigation is underway after funds were transferred in a sophisticated online scam which involved criminals impersonating the council’s chief…

Each feeling the heat from the other’s government, the two titans have jointly produced a tech ‘buyers guide’ Microsoft Corp. and Chinese technology giant Huawei Technologies Co. are feeling the heat from each other’s government. Chinese antitrust regulators are investigating Microsoft, and Huawei has been shut out of the U.S….

U.S. is guilty of its own cyberspying Writer Eli Lake’s Opinion piece on the hacking of computers at the Democratic National Committee lists reasons to explain why the United States is treating this incident less sternly than cyberattacks by China, Iran and North Korea [“Why Russia gets away with hacking,”…

A cyber war has erupted in recent weeks between major online travel agencies such as Expedia (EXPE) and Priceline.com (PCLN) and hotel chains over how some discounts are being offered to consumers. Earlier this year, Marriott (MAR), Wyndham (WYN) and Hilton Worldwide (HLT) stepped up their efforts to lure consumers…

Fraudulent scams have grown ubiquitous across the legitimate marketplace, leaving a much more complex network of victims and challenging incorrect public perceptions about who is most at risk. While a new report from the Better Business Bureau explores the latest demographics of those most likely to fall victim to scams…

The Democratic National Convention (DNC) leaks revealed last week have presumably reminded many Americans to the severe cyber-threats this country is facing. Particularly alarming were the allegations that Vladimir Putin is behind the hack. Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson raised his concern that Russian hackers might be able to target…

The threat of a devastating cyber attack on the U.S. electrical grid is increasing due to the Obama administration’s politically correct policies that spend vast sums on green and smart grid technologies while failing to secure power grids from cyber attack. A report by the Manhattan Institute, a New York…

Whether the Russian government directed hackers to break into the Democratic National Committee’s servers and steal opposition research on Donald Trump and other documents recently is an open question. But experts said the hacking reflects the latest cyber and traditional espionage that Moscow has been pursuing lately: collecting data surreptitiously,…

What if one of your closest friends stole your identity, pretended to be you on social media and messaged your friends? That happened to a former student at Seminole Ridge High School in Palm Beach County. Amanda Alonso and Justin Cage weren’t just friends, they were best friends. On Wednesday,…